Metering Operations Unit Leader

**What will you be doing?**
In this role, you’ll be carrying out meter stop tap installations for the metering department to include repairs, maintenance, stop tap installations/replacements and meter installations for customer properties where excavation work is needed.
As Metering Operations Unit Leader, you’ll be self-motivated and willing to work in varied conditions over a 45-hour working week, so a can-do attitude is key, especially on those rainy days. You’ll be out and about and operate all over the Bristol Water supply area.
**Day to day you’ll**

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Carry out excavation work to locate supply, installation of stop taps, backfill and reinstatement and meter installations
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Acting as the Unit Lead to ensure all works are carried out, are to the specification and standards expected by Bristol Water, reporting any problems to the Manager
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Acting as lead contact when carrying out work at a customer’s property ensuring Bristol Water values are always maintained to ensure the best customer experience possible and a quality finished job
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Ensure all work is carried out to specification and defect free
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Ensure wastage of materials is kept to a minimum
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Be punctual and available for work at the agreed times, including out of hours and weekends when required
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Fully responsible for ensuring the correct usage of PPE
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Assist as required in the deployment of emergency drinking water supplies in a major incident effecting the company
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Responsible for all plant and equipment ensuring all defective equipment is highlighted to the Manger
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Ensure vehicle stock is maintained and vehicle and trailer are always kept in an acceptable condition
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Ensure you comply with Bristol Water procedures, working instructions and Health and Safety policy
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Supervise unit member and contractors on site ensuring they are trained and competent with the required certification and that they comply with Bristol Water procedures, working instructions and Health and Safety Policy

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What we’re looking for...*
We really need people who are hardworking and can take ownership and have pride in their work. Our Unit Leaders need to be dedicated, reliable and professional, yet flexible to get the job done.
You’ll need a safe and practical approach to work and be confident, self-motivated and capable of operating independently without regular oversight.
This work and providing a positive customer experience is really important to us, and you’ll need to share this pride and be trustworthy, always act with integrity and remain calm under pressure.
**Ideally, you’ll also have...**

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Full UK driving licence Cat B+E minimum as you will be towing trailers
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Utility experience in excavation, backfill and reinstatement.
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Utility experience in the water industry/ Specifically in the installation of stop taps
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Competent in cable avoidance techniques, signing lighting and guarding and handling different reinstatement materials including cold lay, concrete and modular.
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Construction industry experience
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Able to demonstrate reasonable written and numerical skills
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Familiarity with mobile working technology
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Cat & Genny trained
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EUSR Water Hygiene
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Streetworks - Units 1-9
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Ideally, Full UK driving licence Cat C1(7.5 Tonne)
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Ideally, SHEA or CSCS

Importantly, you will need to demonstrate our core values: TRUST, SUPPORT, ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPECT, PROFESSIONALISM, PRIDE and AMBITION.
**What’s in it for you?**
As well as a challenging, friendly environment, and a great opportunity to make your mark, the role also offers:
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5% bonus opportunity
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23 days holiday, plus bank holidays (you can also buy/ sell up to 5 days)
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Pension: We put in 8% if you put in 4%
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Flexible, supportive friendly working environment
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Access to flexible benefits and discounts via our portal
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Free onsite parking when you’re in the office

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Why Bristol Water?*
Bristol Water provides water to over a million customers in the Bristol area, this equates to over one thousand square miles and 264,000,000 litres of water supplied everyday
Since 1846, we’ve been making people healthier and the economy stronger. We’ve served generations of families and will serve generations to come.
We don’t just give people water. We keep them healthy and help them grow. People are the reason we work around the clock and test our water hundreds of times every day.
We’re here to have a positive impact on people and the planet for generations. Without people, it’s just water. With water, families flourish, businesses grow, and people create.
We’re a morning cuppa, that well-deserved bubble bath (although we’d prefer a four-minute shower), and that cold Friday pint after a long week.
We’re full of colour, pride and spiritjust like our small patch of the planet.
**We’re local**
We’ve been here for generations, we served your great-great-great grandparents (if they lived in Bristol, anyway).
Almost everyone who works here, also lives in the area.
We were born